HSK 6 vocabularyHSK 3.0

因

yīn

Traditional: 囙

Meaning of 因 in English

yīnHSK 6preposition, conjunctionSyllabus #5174
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
  4. old variant of 因[yin1]

Example sentences

  1. 他因我喝酒而訓斥我。
    tā yīn wǒ hē jiǔ ér xùn chì wǒ。
    He gave me a lecture on drinking.
    Tatoeba #805229 by Martha · #293853 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 学校因大雪停课一天。
    xué xiào yīn dà xuě tíng kè yī tiān。
    School was closed for the day due to the snow.
    Tatoeba #333198 by fucongcong · #272573 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 火车因大雪被耽搁了。
    huǒ chē yīn dà xuě bèi dān gē le。
    The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.
    Tatoeba #333030 by fucongcong · #20247 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences